Home captain Peter Grant, who had been short of runs all season, decided this was his day and started to take the Ditton bowling apart in his flawless 108.

He was assisted by Aussie David Pryles’ 64 and a hard hitting 40 from Boyton which allowed a declaration at 248 for 5 off 47.2 overs.

Matthews took 2 for 31 with his spin and Plunkett, Knight and Thorpe one apiece.

In reply Ditton made a reasonable start but both openers got out Oldham with 17 and Parkins 19, Matthews made 22 and then Ditton collapsed to 127 for 7, thus making it difficult for even the winning draw.

Colin Knight top scored with 32 and Plunkett 21, Harrison scored 22 and last man out Harker with 15 added some respectability to the score as the home side wrapped it up with 4.2 overs.

Long Ditton’s second XI had a far closer game. Worplesdon scored 233 for the loss of only one wicket. In reply Ditton scored 219 for 9 with Paul Mock scoring an excellent 74 and Johan Karsten 56.

Unfortunately it was a losing draw for Ditton as the visitors scored their runs quickly.